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Estab­lished in 1818, Craw­ford County is located in South­ern Indi­ana with the Ohio River as it’s south­ern boarder.

crawford sign

Though the first county seat in Craw­ford County, Indi­ana was located at Mount Ster­ling in 1818, it was soon removed to Fre­do­nia, with Fre­do­nia serv­ing as the county seat of Craw­ford County, from the spring term which began 18 March 1822, until the county seat was relo­cated to Leav­en­worth in 1843.  In 1896, the county seat was relo­cated to English.

crawford courthouse

Early set­tlers of Craw­ford County were Peter Peck­in­paugh, Gorry Jones, Henry Green, James Tot­ten, Henry Ful­len­wider, William Mcay, Andrew and Joseph Kinkaid, Moses Smith and Robert Fields.  Daniel Weath­ers was selected to be the first sheriff.

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